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1915 Luxembourg general election

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Field	Value
country	Luxembourg
previous_election	1914
next_election	1918
election_date	23 December 1915
election_name	1915 Luxembourg general election
first_election	yes
seats_for_election	52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
majority_seats	26
ongoing	no
party1	Left Bloc
colour1	orange
percentage1	55.4
seats1	27
party2	Party of the Right
colour2
percentage2	26.5
seats2	25

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 23 December 1915. The Party of the Right emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Background

Earlier in the year Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde had appointed a right-wing minority government. However, the government was unable to function properly due to its lack of a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Marie-Adélaïde then dissolved the Chamber and called new elections.

Results

By canton

Canton	Seats	Electorate	Turnout	Party	Candidate	Votes
Capellen	3	2,027	1,887	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Pierre Dupong
	Left Bloc	Edouard Hemmer	962
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Nicolas Wirtgen	954
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Kirsch	931
	Left Bloc	Schmitz	915
	Left Bloc	Jeitz	840
Clervaux	3	1,995	1,758	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Pierre Prüm
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	J.-P. Jérôme Thinnes	1,236
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Jean Theissen	1,124
	Left Bloc	Glesener	578
	Left Bloc	Bouvier	537
	Left Bloc	Hamelius	533
Diekirch	4	2,590	2,398	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Antoine Hansen
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Matthias Jungers	1,231
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Jean Gérard	1,226
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Jean Pierre Schmit	1,225
	Left Bloc	Pemmers	1,063
	Left Bloc	Steichen	1,003
	Left Bloc	Wanderscheid	919
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Kellen	598
Echternach	3	1,573	1,448	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Matthias Huss
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	François Kries	826
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Lamoral de Villers	733
	Left Bloc	Dondelinger	664
	Left Bloc	Decker	560
	Left Bloc	Huss	142
Esch-sur-Alzette	13	7,104	6,353		Left Bloc	Léon Metz
	Left Bloc	Albert Clemang	3,958
	Left Bloc	Charles Hoffmann	3,872
	Left Bloc	Charles Krombach	3,861
	Left Bloc	Auguste Flesch	3,840
	Left Bloc	Léon Metzer	3,825
	Left Bloc	Émile Mark	3,803
	Left Bloc	Edmond Müller	3,781
	Left Bloc	Aloyse Kayser	3,758
	Left Bloc	Jean-Pierre Michels	3,742
	Left Bloc	Jean Schortgen	3,698
	Left Bloc	Joseph Thorn	3,686
	Left Bloc	Michel Welter	3,555
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Dondelinger	2,644
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Auguste Collart	2,320
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Steichen	2,309
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Hausemer	2,245
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Klepper	2,227
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Théodore Noesen	2,221
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Gehrend	2,213
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Meintz	2,196
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Goedert	2,194
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Schiltz	2,180
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Mambourg	2,173
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Nicolas Müller	2,146
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Reimen	2,141
Grevenmacher	3	2,396	2,101	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	François Altwies
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Joseph Bech	1,203
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Albert Dühr	1,202
	Left Bloc	Godart	955
Luxembourg-Ville	4	2,718	2,342		Left Bloc	Luc Housse
	Left Bloc	Léandre Lacroix	1,676
	Left Bloc	Robert Brasseur	1,662
	Left Bloc	Alphonse Munchen	1,614
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Fettes	663
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Lessel	635
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	de La Fontaine	616
Luxembourg-Campagne	8	5,374	4,879		Left Bloc	Maurice Pescatore
	Left Bloc	Norbert Le Gallais	2,869
	Left Bloc	Joseph Palgen	2,857
	Left Bloc	Léon Naval	2,836
	Left Bloc	Emile Bastian	2,830
	Left Bloc	Paul Koch	2,815
	Left Bloc	Jacques Gallé	2,806
	Left Bloc	Adolphe Schmit	2,728
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Émile Reuter	2,028
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Nicolas Philippe	1,915
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Nicolas Mackel	1,910
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Jean-Pierre Kohner	1,883
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Gaston Diderich	1,816
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Wagener	1,795
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Berens	1,778
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Warken	1,660
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Gehlen	158
Independent (politician)}}		Independent	Christian Schmit	27
Mersch	2	1,733	1,626	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Jean-Pierre Ecker
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Alphonse Eichhorn	850
	Left Bloc	Ludovicy	755
	Left Bloc	Erpelding	710
Redange	3	2,022	1,848	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Nicolas Klein
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Eugène Hoffmann	1,209
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Pierre Schiltz	1,187
	Left Bloc	Bian	723
Remich	2	1,858	1,655	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Joseph Faber
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Théodore Flammang	1,083
	Left Bloc	Kohn	552
	Left Bloc	Greiveldinger	86
Vianden	1	376	376	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Théodore Klees
	Left Bloc	Sinner	166
Wiltz	3	1,877	1,719	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Nicolas Meyers
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Michel Weynandy	1,019
	Left Bloc	Charles Mathieu	886
Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	Neyens	859
Source: Luxemburger Wort

Aftermath

Although the Party of the Right increased their representation from 20 to 25 seats, they were still short of a majority. The Hubert Loutsch government lost a vote of confidence on 11 January 1916 and resigned. Marie-Adélaïde's interference in domestic politics was strongly criticised by left-wing parties, and was partially responsible for her being forced to abdicate in favour of Charlotte in 1919.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1233 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/pg5766/pages/3/articles/DTL53 Luxemburger Wort]
Nohlen & Stöver, p1234

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